participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners and follow agreed upon rules, while building on each other's talk.
be actively involved in exploring the natural world posing questions and seeking answers through observation and time to talk about our observations and compare ours with others.
use oral language, drawings, and models to communicate results and explanations of our findings.
summarize the life cycle: birth, developing into adult, reproducing, aging, and death
Remember that organisms differ from and are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
Time
Materials
Activities
1st 25 min
Life Cycle leveled readers
Science notebooks
Smartboard
Smartnotebook file
continue to answer "What is a life cycle?" through a circle map
read book as a group
complete your book's life cycle activity
tape each other using flip cameras giving a summary of your group's life cycle
2nd 20 min
science notebooks
Smartboard
sticky notes
animal sheets
as a whole group discuss how offspring are like their parents
smartnotebook activity
matching activity
teacher goes over tomorrow's wrap up activity
Day 2: Research, Research, Research
Tomorrow we will:
participate in a shared research and writing project.
participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners and follow agreed upon rules, while building on each other's talk.
use oral language, drawings, and models to communicate results and explanations of our findings.
Time
Materials
Activities
1st 15 min
Research folders with research templates
research animal according to part of book assigned in group
2nd 15 min
Library books on life cycles
Research folders with research templates
research animal according to part of book assigned in group
Day 1: More Life Cycles
Today we will:
participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners and follow agreed upon rules, while building on each other's talk.
be actively involved in exploring the natural world posing questions and seeking answers through observation and time to talk about our observations and compare ours with others.
use oral language, drawings, and models to communicate results and explanations of our findings.
Remember that organisms differ from and are similar to their parents based on the characteristics of the organism.
Tomorrow we will:
participate in a shared research and writing project.
participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners and follow agreed upon rules, while building on each other's talk.